Chapter 123: A Princess’ Test (1)

Chapter 123: A Princess’ Test (1)Chapter 123: A Princess' Test (1)

Nik, Suki, and Katara sat within the spirit oasis, their expression pleasant as they ate heartily in each other's presence. The oasis was warm and the sensation of grass and the scent of soil really eased Suki and Nik. While eating, Nik would glance at the two fishes time and again. He no longer had any intent to eat them. After all, Mokshi felt that it would result in certain doom.

After the few initial bouts of his vision shifting to Mokshi's, Nik's emergy stat had all but stopped growing. Meditating daily gave him a sense of growth but it felt more spiritual than anything practical. Not that he was complaining or anything. He would be a fool to have not realized that his energy stat seemed to be covering his chi reserves which were astonishingly large.

[Name: Nik Faran

Age: 20 (80)

Code: GC—EHG—98034

Authority Rank: 1 (5.96/100)

Paradise: Transmigration

Title: Transmigration Intern

Bloodline: Adonis' Ember (Common)

Physique: 2.3

Mental: 2.4

Energy: 29.8]

Nik was curious about a few things at this point. One of them being his Bloodline. For instance, what other things can he achieve with this so-called bloodline? It was a common knowledge transferred to him that every recruit is provided a basic bloodline but the term itself was defined vaguely.

Sighing softly at the mysteries surrounding him, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment of peace because he could hear hurried footsteps already.

"How many times must I state that the Spirit Oasis is not for you to settle in?" Yue entered the Oasis, her presence instantly making the trio sulk for a second but they got up nonetheless. The environment of the Oasis was magical, to the point that Nik would even feel his knee not hurt for the time being the more he stayed here. Of course, this newfound knowledge was put into good use by Suki and Katara but also allowed Nik to perform more Kyoshi training. Of course, he didn't go out of his way to place pressure on his left leg.

If Yue was sympathetic to his plight and urgency to grow stronger, the moment she heard the rumors of moans escaping the oasis, she immediately put her foot down and barred entrance to the debauched trio.

It has been three weeks since the spy was discovered, and every additional day made Yue further against her edge since even before the return of the water tribe prisoners, a small collection of ships had arrived with necessary resources for the Armada to sustain itself for some time once again.

And it didn't help Yue that now she kept on finding the bond of the trio oddly... depraved. It wasn't like that previously but she blamed Nik for her current plights as his words that day seemed to have clutched into her heart, firmly grasping it to pound louder and harder every time she came across him, which she tried to avoid nowadays.

His words about setting her free now felt like a distasteful prank as his clutches already shackled her even more than before.

"We were just having breakfast..." Suki sighed.

"Outside," Yue demanded firmly nonetheless. Despite her feelings, she knew better than to let her emotions for the trio allow them to taint the sanctity of the Oasis. She would much rather sacrifice herself for the Oasis... a confession she found quite stifling to make given how hypocritical her words about responsibility felt now.

The trio sighed and quietly moved outside. It was interruptions like this that made Nik wonder should he just reveal the personal space to the girls but that location was simply too private... and way too tactically beneficial to be revealed. Nik may want to help the tribe but it needed to be on his own terms instead of being peer-pressured to carry the entire tribe or warriors from one location to another.

Besides, many things were unknown about that space. The Infinity provides a large vault of information regarding each rank and the various benefits provided after the promotion but it has also left out the bonus if one promotes within the set period of time hidden from the employees of Infinity. This made Nik believe that even if the Personal Space was harmless for others, it truly wouldn't hurt to keep it as a last resort.

Seeing their disheartened expressions, Yue's own emotions softened slightly but suppressing the wave of guilt, she asserted once again, "Please, I don't like pestering you as much as you don't like getting pestered, but the oasis is a spiritual location..."

"We did it one time only and stopped once you made this clear... but eating shouldn't be a problem, right?" Nik sighed.

Pursing her lips, Yue refused to explain herself over and over again. Just when things were about to get heated, a subordinate of Pakku came in and informed with a smile that the latest report on the arrival of the water tribe prisoners was only a week away!

"Did you get any names?" Katara questioned instantly, hoping that one of these men was her father yet these thoughts were dashed as the messenger empathically shook his head and after a few other words, he left, probably to notify other individuals of interest.

"Sorry," Nik comfortingly patted Katara's shoulder as she heaved a deep sigh and shook her head.

"No, it's alright," Katara huffed softly, "It just means that we have to keep unearthing other prisons or better, look for such information after truly defeating the Phoenix King in this war."

"That's a good way of thinking," Suki smiled slightly. It is easy to drown in negativity so she couldn't help but feel a bit better herself with Katara taking the news so readily.

Still, now that Yue had found them, they weren't able to enter the oasis again and had to follow her back. However, aware that Katara was sulking on the inside, Nik couldn't help but try and cheer her up, "Say, Katara... don't you feel it weird that even if Yue stops us from entering the Oasis... the guards outside don't really care about our presence?"

Blinking in surprise, Katara couldn't help but grow thoughtful as her mind stopped stewing in its own reckless thoughts of storming into the battleship and giving Zhao the third degree.

Yue fell silent again, feeling as if she was now being treated like a child. The coaxing tone in Katara's whisper was but all too clear.

Adopting a pout of her own, Yue mumbled, "Do whatever you want... I'll be at ease if the Oasis is occupied under my observation."

Katara and Nik glanced at each other, both of their pupils lit up with scheming light and their smiles a tinge more victorious.

"Where are the three of you going to?"

A cool and collected voice almost made Yue jump out of her skin as the trio stopped and looked back to find Mai walking in their direction. She looked the tiniest bit exhausted, clearly, coming over after a training session.

Her suspicious gaze landed on Nik and his grin widened.

"We're just hanging out," Yue replied quickly, afraid that Nik might be more than willing to cause some misunderstanding. Yue felt she had some grasp on Nik's personality. On his worst days, he would be quiet, well-behaved, and even kind to many. But on his best, he would be a wreck that anyone should avoid getting into argument with.

Why this is considered the best?... well, it's for Yue to know alone. After all, she tried to pick on Nik during his 'best' many times only to have the situation reversed almost every single time.

"Just hanging out...? Then you wouldn't mind accompanying me, right? I want someone to heal Tom-Tom... he messed up while sparring with me and got his ankle sprained."

"Me?" Katara pointed to herself.

Mai nodded.

Katara had been employed many times during this period of peace as a healing nanny for Tom-Tom due to the intensity of sparring sessions between the siblings sometimes. While Suki and Mai were of the mind to let the injuries recover by themselves, problems like the pull of muscles or tendons tend to be problematic if left untreated so the quicker it resolved the better.

Katara had become one of the best healers of the tribe due to sheer talent and her increasing proficiency of bloodbending on Nik during some nights.

While Nik could keep up with the most, his ability of healing still needed a lot of training.

Although a little hesitant, Katara looked at Nik and Yue before sighing softly. She couldn't refuse such a request. "Well... the two of you be good."

"What else would we be?" Yue's lips twitched as she retorted.

"It was for Nik," Katara squinted slightly and matched her gaze with Nik's, warning him with his eyes as he stared back while shrugging, "When was the last time I was bad?"

Mai answered for Katara, "How about a few days before leaving Omashu?"

"Oh, no, I was good then, too," Nik smiled, making Mai resist the urge to attack him, at least, as a sense of formality.

"Be mindful of him... he's a disgusting pervert," Not mincing her words or employing her gaze to reveal her intentions, Mai looked at Yue and warned before turning around promptly and leaving with a wryly smiling Katara... who didn't really defend against such claims lest she gets branded something similar, too, in the heat of the moment.

Now alone, Yue couldn't help but narrow down her vision to not even accidentally look in Nik's direction until she heard him speak up, "I'm... really not a pervert..."

This time, Yue agreed with Nik. In fact, the ability to coax multiple women to share just one body has been considered quite an honorable achievement by the men and the previous chieftains of the tribe... so, if Nik is considered a pervert for his ability to 'tame' multiple capable women... then the entirety of Water Tribe is a collection of perverts and their descendants.

Sighing softly, Yue collected herself and looked back to find an earnest Nik, "So? Where should we go?"

Seeing his smile and a rather sincere expression, Yue decided to check something off from her to-do list stranded for quite some time now.

"Would you accompany me to meet Hahn in the prison within the Glacial Wall?"

"Sure," Nik nodded. He truly had nothing better to do than to meet with Yue's former husband... well, he could practice basic firebending in his personal space but this felt more interesting of an option.

Quirking her lips to a slight smile, Yue and Nik walked side-by-side. Although they kept silent for the most part, Yue preferred this moment of peace before she took one of the greater steps of her life and confront Hahn since he had been imprisoned.

Just before they entered to meet the man, Yue did request another thing with quite the heavy blush on her cheeks that made Nik's sincere smile turn inexplicably despicable but he was quick to help her out.

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